Hello everyone, my first post here.  I'm desperately trying to find out the names of two films i once saw.  I don't know the names of anyone who starred in them, all i know is what happened in them.  I'll explain below and hopefully one of you will be able to tell me their titles.
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Film 1:  Ok, i saw this back in 1987 in a cinema.  My memories of it are kind of hazy but here's what happened.  Some white trash family move to a house in the suburbs.  I remember the mum was an overweight, mentally challenged person who liked eating dog food, the eldest daughter was a sexy blonde, and they had two younger ones as well.  I can only remember two things from the film.  Firstly i remember the two little kids seeing next door's rabbit in a hutch, with the camera next showing the skinned animal being slid into the oven by the mum.  Also i remember the next door neighbour being seduced in his garage by the sexy blonde daughter, whilst her brother took pictures through the window in order to blackmail him later.  She looks up at him and winks.  

Film 2:  The second film i only saw a brief clip of.  The only thing i remember is this character which was played by the weirdest looking man i've ever seen.  He was about 7 foot tall and incredibly skinny.  His limbs seemed to be double-jointed and he walked in a strange way, swinging his arms about.  He also talked like he had an IQ of 60.  Now I THINK the character was called 'Melbert' or 'Norbert' or something like that, but i could be completely wrong.  

I will be eternally grateful if anyone can help.

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Were they Horror films, cuz they both sound pretty scary to me.  :-/

The first one with the overweight mom could be "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"?  But I don't remember all the other stuff you mentioned being in that movie.

As for the second?  I don't know?  "Mask" maybe  ???

The second one COULD be "Student Bodies" from 1981. The character could be the school janitor in that film whose name was Malvert. The actor that played him was simply called "The Stick".

I have no clue on the first film, though. Hope this helps a little! :)

NewRomantic...I love you.  It WAS 'Student Bodies'.  Thank you, you've made my day. ;D

Shucks. 'tweren't nothin'.

Princessofpop...'Student Bodies' was a spoof horror film, in the 'Naked Gun' mould, and the other one was a comedy.  It definitely wasn't 'What's eating Gilbert Grape' by the way.  Thanks for trying though.
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Will do.  I won't be truly happy until i've found it's name.

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"What's Eating Gilbert Grape" was made in the 90s.  The film's description sounds a bit like John Water's "Polyester", however that film was made earlier than 87.

Nice try Eric!...but it's not the one. :'(  Please keep trying everyone.